Osman’s Homestay

Owned by a renowned naturalist guide and used as a base for many wildlife film-makers (including the BBC), the lodge has one of the best locations in the area and provides an ideal base from which to explore the wildlife of the surrounding forest. Osman is a highly regarded wildlife guide, who has personally guided Sir David Attenborough when he was producing a documentary along the Kinabatangan River.

The area is particularly renowned for proboscis monkeys that arrive in large groups at the trees on the riverbanks during late afternoon, to feed on the young leaves of Sonneratia trees. There is also a very good chance of seeing wild orangutans, macaques, gibbons, silvered langur and maroon langur monkeys. Bird species include all eight species of hornbill, Oriental darter and the large buffy fish-owl.
Borneo pygmy elephants are also found here in large herds and they can occasionally be observed walking through the lodge.

The simple and clean lodge offers basic rooms located in a block, surrounded by attractive gardens. Electricity is provided in the rooms although there is no hot water, and traditional home-cooked meals are prepared and served in the family dining room.